We may have gotten the evolutionary origins of the echidna backward, as new research suggests its ancestors probably lived in ...

As the world’s only surviving egg-laying mammals, Australasia’s platypus and four echidna species are among the most extraordinary animals on Earth. They are also very different from each other.

This ancient trait seems out of place in the mammalian family tree, making the platypus an evolutionary throwback to a time when mammals and reptiles weren’t so different. If you thought the ...

Scientists have quasi-solved a longstanding mystery surrounding the origins of platypus and echidnas, the strangest mammals on Earth. A recent reanalysis of a 108-million-year-old bone challenged ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) As the world's only surviving egg-laying mammals, Australasia's platypus and four echidna species are among the most extraordinary animals on Earth. They are also very ...